Filed briefs

Amicus briefs filed by the CFPB are available on this page, including amicus briefs concerning federal consumer financial protection law filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by the Office of the Solicitor General.

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The
Solicitor General and the Bureau filed a brief in the Supreme Court in Obduskey
v. McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, arguing that actions that are legally required
to carry out a nonjudicial foreclosure are generally not debt collection
regulated under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) excludes from the definition of “debt collector” an “officer or employee of the United States or any State to the extent that collecting or attempting to collect any debt is in the performance of his official duties.”